The Denver Broncos defeated the Buffalo Bills in a wild Monday Night Football game last week thanks to a retaken last-second field goal.
Earlier in the game, Broncos kicker Wil Lutz missed an extra point. Later, punter Riley Dixon mishandled a hold, resulting in a second botched extra point attempt against the Bills.
So after Denver had failed to convert a pair of extra points earlier, a 41-yard field goal on a windy night to win the game was no sure thing. Lutz missed his kick, but the Broncos were gifted a second chance after Buffalo was penalized for having 12 men on the field.
After moving the ball up five yards, Lutz converted from 36 yards out and the Broncos walked away with a 24-22 win. What a crazy game!
The drama didn’t end there, though. After the game, fans on Twitter began accusing Dixon of cheating and using a sticky substance to make it easier to hold for Lutz’s game-winning field goal.
The back of Dixon’s hand had a bad turf burn wound that looked like pine tar. Dixon had the perfect response on his Instagram story this week, sharing a photo of his bruised hand with the caption “Does anyone know how to get spider tac off my hand? Asking for a friend.”
Riley Dixon's Instagram story 😅 pic.twitter.com/b0pSqh9pfx
— Broncos Wire (@TheBroncosWire) November 17, 2023
Dixon, of course, was joking. It’s easy to tell from the photo that Buffalo’s artificial turf tore up the back of his hand.
So that should put an end to the conspiracy theories. See a sampling of the accusations below.
Sound the alarms! pic.twitter.com/3dCvAQQIXn
— Tweets by Sneaky Joe (@SneakyJoeSports) November 14, 2023
@NFL is this legal pine tar on the Broncos holder hands? pic.twitter.com/ze6FVnVXX4
— William DeMayo (@billymad1son) November 14, 2023
What’s on the holder’s hand? Pine tar??#mnf
#broncos #Bills pic.twitter.com/LOrbdvUgq2— Michael Rainey (@mRainey) November 14, 2023
I think the broncos holder had pine tar on the back of his hand for that last kick???
— uǝʞuɐɹɟ xǝןɐ (@thealexfranken) November 14, 2023
The Broncos place holder had pine tar on his hand, that’s not legal @nfl
— Samuel Ellis (@Sellis_53) November 14, 2023
TRENDING: #Bills fans are calling out the #Broncos holder for having SPIDER TACK on his hand to help handle the ball
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(📸 @SethHachmeister) pic.twitter.com/iOeoqfWO4n
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) November 14, 2023
Broncos’ holder with pine tar on his hand? Is this allowed?? Can we get a between innings ump check for sticky stuff? #MNF pic.twitter.com/HAD2ezdRdf
— Iguana (@IguanaPinata) November 14, 2023
Is that stickum on the holders hand? Are my foreign substances banned in the NFL @PFTCommenter @PMTsportsbiz @BarstoolBigCat pic.twitter.com/M7yAUVuAKx
— JS (@four1shue) November 14, 2023
Everyone can calm down now. Dixon is not a cheater — he’s got the turf burn to prove it.
